Monthly Archives: April 2010

The 20th century has not been an easy century for Chinese scholars and philosophers. For them, China underwent two revolutions, the so-called democratic and nationalist revolution of 1911 under the leadership of the Nationalist Sun YatSen in which the totterring imperial system … Continue reading →

I just read another chapter of "The Cultural Moment of Philosophy" by Hung Hiu Nam (洪曉楠) under the title "A Perspective on HK/Taiwan Culutral Philosophy (港台文化哲學透視). According to Hung, he had already written two books on this subject previously … Continue reading →

My interest in Confucianism was kindled by a movie about Confucius I saw at the HKSHP last Sunday afternoon. It was a USD2.8M PRC production to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the founding of the PRC, with Chow Yun Fat playing … Continue reading →

Having done the apple, it’s now the turn of the orange. Here it is with my translations. Oda a la naranja Ode to the Orange 橘子頌 A semijanza tuya, In your likeness, 橘子a tu imagen, in your image, 世界肖你naranja, orange, 像你se hizo el mundo: the … Continue reading →

Without a doubt, the highlight of Saturday’s concert at the Cultural Centre was Tchaikovsky‘s Piano Concerto No.1 in B flat minor,. Boris Berezovsky, who won the god at the International Tchaikovsky Competition in 1990, some 20 years ago. He has … Continue reading →